A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Plainville in Kansas on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -99.452 West, latitude 39.3003 North, depth = 5 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us70003jt2. Unique identifier: us70003jt2. Exact time and date of earthquake 11/05/19 / 2019-05-11 14:06:47 / May 11, 2019 @ 2:06 pm UTC/GMT. The 3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:06:47 / 8:06 am (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 48 km (30 miles) from Hays (c. 20 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hays. Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 15 km WNW of Plainville, Kansas.
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